“Seagrass for Life” workshop in Zanzibar
25/11/2019 | ZMT's first ‘Seagrass for Life’ workshop took place at the primary school in Uroa on the East coast of Zanzibar on November 16. More than 60 different stakeholders from Zanzibar participated with scientists, seaweed farmers, fishermen, teachers and...
Bremen wins German Sustainability Award : Jury highlights "Ocean-Champs" project with Durban
25/11/2019 | Bremen and its twin city Durban in South Africa have been awarded the prestigious German Sustainability Award for the year 2020. In the category "Municipal Partnerships" the twin cities won the race against numerous competitors. The German...
Leibniz at the Bremischen Parliament: Exchange between science and politics
22/11/2019 | In cooperation with the Bremen Parliament, the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research invited scientist and parliamentarians to take part in "Leibniz at the Bremische Bürgerschaft". The dialogue forum took place for the fourth time and saw...
Bremen-Durban Marine Environmental Education Network – final stakeholder meeting in Durban
22/11/2019 | The Bremen-Durban Marine Environmental Education Network is a joint project between the city of Durban and the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. It is part of the Climate Partnership of the two cities, which deals with the mutual consultation and...
4th International Conference on Ocean Governance for Sustainability
21/11/2019 | From 25–27 November, 2019 the European COST Action “Ocean Governance for Sustainability – Challenges, Options and the Role of Science” gathers for their 4th International conference in the coastal city of Piran, Slovenia. The conference is...
Testing methods for data-limited fish stock assessments
20/11/2019 | The latest Editor’s Choice article from ICES Journal of Marine Science is a publication by Prof. Matthias Wolff´s working group “Resource Management” and other authors, in which the researchers test the limitations of methodologies used in...
In Memory of Dieter Peterke
15/11/2019 | The staff of the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) mourn the loss of their colleague Dieter Peterke. The chemical laboratory assistant died on 30 October. Dieter Peterke had been employed at ZMT's chemistry laboratory for 20 years....
Senator for Science and Ports visits ZMT
15/11/2019 | On November 14, Dr. Claudia Schilling, Senator for Science and Ports, and State Councillor Tim Cordßen visited the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT). They were accompanied by Dr. Volker Saß, Head of Research Promotion, and Timo...
Conference 'Media and the Sea': What and how we think about the sea?
11/11/2019 | From 14 to 16 November, the German Maritime Museum (DSM) - Leibniz Institute for Maritime History, the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) and the University of Bremen, together with other members of the U Bremen Research Alliance...
Kick-off conference for WIOGEN project in Zanzibar
05/11/2019 | From November 7 to 8, around 40 international scientists from the African West Indian Ocean region meet in Zanzibar for the Kick-Off Conference of the West Indian Ocean Governance & Exchange Network (WIOGEN). This 25-months (June 2019 – July 2021)...